There were a lot of anime that aired this spring! The only ones I didn't watch were the long running continuations of shounen aimed at a younger audience: Inazuma Eleven GO, Beyblade: Metal Fury, Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal, Digimon Xros Wars 2, and Danball Senki. I haven't seen any of these series except for Digimon but even then I only made it through the first 2 seasons before the 2010 reboot of the franchise. There was one shoujo title in there that I would actually like to watch someday called Jewelpet Sunshine. But first I want to watch the other 2 seasons of it...

Looks cute...

With so many shows airing during the spring it should be no surprise that my favourite anime of the year started airing. Yes, Gintama 2 is my #1 for the year 2011. It's great to see all the characters back and getting into wacky situations! That space arc was AMAZING!

If Hyouge Mono actually had timely subs it might be in this spot but I can't put it there comfortably since I've only been able to watch 10 episodes from a 39 episode series. Hyouge Mono is certainly awesome though and more people should watch it!

Thanks for the food! (that I'm about to murder!)

Best Show of spring aside from Gintama because that's #1 of the year would be Toriko. He's a manly man out to find the most delicious food. It doesn't matter if he has to kill it himself! Just look at those arms! I plan to re-start blogging this series in the new year so look out for those! GUTS GUTS GUTS!

Worst Show of spring is Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi... Harem... I don't need to say more. I hate most harem cookie cutter shows. Especially ones that come from eroge games...

Just looking at the picture makes me wanna barf...

Here's my big list of Best to Worst shows of spring 2011:

Gintama 2 (still airing) 10/10

Toriko (still airing) 10/10

Hyouge Mono (stalled) 9/10

Steins;Gate 9/10

Ao no Exorcist 9/10

X-Men 9/10

Kaiji 2 8/10

Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei 8/10

Astarotte's Toy 8/10

Hen Zemi 8/10

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai 8/10

Yondemasuyo Azazel-san 8/10

Shouwa Monogatari (stalled) 8/10

Tono to Issho 2 8/10

Tiger & Bunny 7/10

Battle Girls: Time Paradox 7/10

Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera 7/10

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control 7/10

Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream (still airing) 7/10

Deadman Wonderland 7/10

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 7/10

Sket Dance (still airing) 7/10

Happy Kappy 7/10

Seikon no Qwaser 2 7/10

The World God Only Knows 2 6/10

Dog Days 6/10

Suzy's Zoo (stalled) 6/10

Fireball 2 6/10

30-sai no Hoken Taiiku 6/10

Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 6/10

Nichijou 5/10

Hana-Saku Iroha 5/10

Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai 5/10

Maria Holic 2 4/10

A Channel 4/10

Softenni 4/10

Aria the Scarlet Ammo 2/10

Moshidora 2/10

Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 1/10

Lotte is adorable~

Surprise enjoyment:Steins;Gate took me by storm. I didn't plan on watching it at first but a friend convinced me to start it. It was like a super win with this series because I really thought it wasn't going to be good, like at all. Astarotte's Toy was pretty much written off by everyone. I too doubted it at first. After all when you see "Semen and 10 years old" in a first synopsis of the series it's hard not to be judgmental.

Surprise fail:Deadman Wonderland while it still gets a passing mark from me, it really needed more for it to be truly awesome.

Honorable mentions:Ao no Exorcist is awesome and no one can tell me otherwise. I hope we get more someday and I can't wait for that movie. Tiger & Bunny should have been a show I fell in love with right from the start. Somehow that didn't happen at first. It took a while for all the characters to grow on me too long for me to truly enjoy the show. Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream is SO girly but I can't stop watching it. I love ice skating and wanted to be one when I was a kid. I should probably write a diary post about it or something~

Summer was actually really busy for me in real life so I ended up only steadily watching Sengoku Basara, Strike Witches, Sekirei, and Kuroshitsuji. Why those 4? Simply because they were all season 2's to shows I had already seen. I wasn't quite willing to get my hopes up for fresh and new like I did with Winter.

Oddly a new Digimon series started to air too. I'm not honestly sure why since Season 5 ended back in 2007 but I suppose they are reaching out to the new generation of kids or something. Maybe I'll watch it someday but probably after I finish/catch up with Pokemon. Who knows.

Summer is generally a lot like winter anime wise. There's often one or 2 really great series and the rest is rather meh. I was impressed that only 5 anime were on the low side of things out of 16. I also really enjoyed watching everything just after they completed. I had fun reading everyones end thoughts as I caught up with the ends myself.

Brainssssssss

Best Show of summer for me without a doubt is Highschool of the Dead. A lot of people actually picked this one to be their favourites. Weather it be for the zombies, for the ecchi, or for everything that was silly fun! Boobs defying gravity was a must in this show and it was hilarious. I never take ANYTHING that has zombies in it seriously. I mean come on really, zombies! That's just grand old fun and I was glad to see an anime adaptation of the zombie world. I love zombie movies!

Worst Show of summer for me of course was Amagami SS. I'm just not interested in the majority of romance shows. This one also teetered on the harem side of things but had a twist to it that they did one girl at a time. So it was basically like watching some lonely boy playing a VN over and over and over again to see how many different girls he could get. Yeah, no thanks.

Too many girls

Here's my big list of Best to Worst shows of summer 2010:

Highschool of the Dead 9/10

Sengoku Basara 8/10

Kuroshitsuji 8/10

Seitokai Yakuindomo 8/10

Occult Academy 7/10

Nurarihyon no Mago 7/10

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes 7/10

Strike Witches 7/10

Shiki 7/10

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi 6/10

Mitsudomoe 5/10

Sekirei 4/10

Asobi ni Iku yo 4/10

Shukufuku no Campanella 3/10

Amagami SS 2/10

YES!

Surprise enjoyment:Seitokai Yakuindomo was one darn hilarious anime. I simply loved all the dirty jokes that the girls were making. I honestly had no idea what I was getting into. I mean the plot revolved around a boy who is one of the first that started going to this all girls school that suddenly opened their doors to males. Sounds like a boring harem plot line but man did it ever turn out way different and more awesome than I could have imagined. VIVA LA PERIOD JOKES!

Surprise fail:Asobi ni Iku yo you'd think it being about catgirls would be enough. Sometimes you need just a little more though. It tried REALLY hard though I'll give it credit for that. But even alien catgirls in SPACE didn't save it for me.

Honorable mentions:Shiki started off very weak. So weak in fact I put off watching the rest until earlier this week. Man am I ever glad I picked it back up because the later episodes after 13 are just pure awesome. I'm also glad that I got to watch them all but the last episode in one swift go. I can't imagine waiting each week to see what happens. Mitsudomoe while has a middle rating it is ok. It's very hit and miss with me more being on the miss side of things but man when it hits a funny part it is simply hilarious.

From the anime Digimon, Gatomon (Tailmon in the Japanese version) looks like a normal kitty but she has huge claw like paws. She has 6 different forms that she can change into depending on how much energy is required. She is the only Digimon that stays in her Champion form making her spend more energy on keeping it that way. Her human partner is Kari Kamiya.

Why I like her: KITTY! She was the coolest Digimon to me when I was a kid.